Resilience Strategy

The UR+BC symposium marked the first time the construction industry has played a leadership role in bringing together builders, designers, engineers, scientists, and policy makers to tackle the challenges of hazard mitigation and increased resilience in the industrial, commercial, and institutional built environment.

Reflective of BC’s continued leadership in preparedness and response for hazards of earthquake, fire, tsunami, and flood, participants at the UR+BC_Built Environment symposium shared knowledge and perspective on how to build long-term resilience to future hazard events and the impacts of climate change.

Emphasis was placed on seismic hazard, with recognition of risks associated with wildfire, tsunami, flood and sea level rise. As one of the world’s extreme multi-hazard zones, mitigation and resilience issues in the built environment are relevant to every region of the province.

UR+BC Symposium Highlights

In The Media

Dr. Lucy Jones is the founder of the Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society, with a mission to foster the understanding and application of scientific information in the creation of more resilient communities. Working with both the public and private sectors, Dr. Jones seeks to increase communities’ ability to adapt and be resilient to the dynamic changes of the world around them.Read more...

With years of work across all orders of government, academia, non-profits and the private sector, Jessica's efforts focus on helping bridge gaps between science, policy, and action for risk reduction and resilience building. We asked Jessica three questions to learn more about her work, resiliency in the built environment and the future of BC's buildings.Read more...

Engineer Tamsin Lyle founded Ebbwater Consulting, a Vancouver-based company, to focus on flood management solutions. Today Tamsin is a well-known thought leader on flood management and issues in Canada, working across the country to help develop effective flood policy and help communities take action to mitigate their risk from hazardous floods.Read more...